Political Quotes

“My goal is to reduce the instances of excessive and abusive enforcement actions. Those actions obviously originate in the acts of individual enforcement personnel. Sometimes the problem is with the policies of an agency, and we are very definitely trying to change the culture and policies of Federal regulatory agencies. At other times, the problem is really that there are some bad apples at these agencies. It is for that reason that we specifically included a provision to allow the ombudsman, where appropriate, to refer serious problems with individuals to the agency's inspector general for proper action. The ombudsman's report to Congress should not single out individual agency employees by name or assign an individual evaluation or rating that might interfere with agency management and personnel policies. The intent of the bill is to give small businesses a voice in evaluating the overall performances of agencies and agency offices in their dealings with the small business community.”